Evaluating RNAlater ® as a preservative for using near-infrared spectroscopy to predict Anopheles gambiae age and species

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sikulu, Maggy ^a,b,c   Dowell, Kayla M ^g   Hugo, Leon E ^b   Wirtz, Robert A ^d   Michel, Kristin ^e   Peiris, Kamaranga Hs ^f   Moore, Sarah ^c,h   Killeen, Gerry F ^c,i   Dowell, Floyd E ^g  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

^g AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAGENT; RNALATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COST; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRESERVATION; SPECIES; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VALIDATION STUDY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; METHODOLOGY; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DISEASE VECTORS; ENTOMOLOGY; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 79960019906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-186     Document Type: Article

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